Extension-table



(No Model.)

E. G. OOMSTOGK..

EXTENSION TABLE.

No. 540,483. Patented June 4, 1895.

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EXTENSION-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,483, dated June 4,1895. a Application filed February 7, 1895. Serial No. 537,699. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EBEN O. OoMsTooK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alma, in the county of Gratiot and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Extension-Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings- The invention consists in the construction ofa connecting device for the slides of extension tables comprisingrollers upon one slide engaging a groove in the other slide, with aspring to hold the rollers in contact with the grooves and thus. at alltimes make a smooth running effect and take up thewear and lost motion.

The invention further consists in the con struction, arrangement andcombination of the various parts all as more fully hereinafterdescribed. 7

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan View of the table, partly insection, showing my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 isacross-section through the slides. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theends of two of the antifriction connection. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsection on line a: as in Fig. 2.

A represents an extension table, B B B the slides thereof, these slidesbeing provided on their meeting faces with the T shaped slots or groovesC. Pivoted to each slide, preferably at or near the end thereof are theblocks or brackets D, being pivoted centrally to -hold one rolleragainst the bottom of the groove and the other roller against the top ofthe groove of the adjoining slide when the be limited to such specificconstruction as I J believe I am the first to provide such a pivot blockwith rollers on opposite sides of the pivot and a spring applied for thepurpose described.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In an extension table, thecombination of the slides, a block pivoted to one slide, rollers orwheels on the block on opposite sides of the pivot thereof engaging in agroove in the adjoining slide and a spring to hold the rollers in thetop and bottom of the groove respectively.

2. In an extension table, the combination of the grooved slides, blockspivoted to each slide, rollers or wheels on the blocks on opposite idesof the pivot thereof engaging in the grooves in the adjoining slide, andsprings acting to hold the-rollers in top and bottom of the groovesrespectively.

3. In an extension table, the combination of the slides having groovesin their contiguous faces, the blocks D centrally pivoted and located atthe ends of the slides in the grooves, projecting into the grooves ofthe adjoining slides, the springs F at one end of the blocks and disksor rollers at opposite ends of the blocks .pressed respectively againstthe top and bottom of the groove.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EBEN O. COMSTOCK.

Witnesses:

NETTAY FISHER, FRANK E. POWERS.

